Anna Wintour has rubber-stamped bigotry by picking antisemitic Galliano for Met show

Call me old-fashioned, but didn’t publicly exclaiming “I love Hitler” used to automatically disqualify people from receiving prestigious honors in Manhattan?I’m pretty sure it did. However, in these topsy-turvy times, flagrant and repeated antisemitism gets you the red carpet treatment in the Bigoted Apple. Saying “F–king Jewish bitch!” and “Jewish c–t” to a woman at a bar is apparently not a dealbreaker whatsoever for Her Royal Haughtiness Anna Wintour. The Condé Nast bigwig and former Vogue editor just proved it by picking disgraced fashion British designer John Galliano as next year’s Met Costume Institute show focus.Anna said, “There is no one more deserving.”So, the one-time Christian Dior creative director, who was found guilty in France in 2011 of going on antisemitic and racist rants, will be feted at the 2027 Met Gala, NYC’s annual gated-community prom, by A-List stars, sports icons, artists and politicians.Haven’t we spent the last six years being lectured about inclusion by the exact same elite attendees of this $100,000-per-person event? Haven’t they loudly driven the point home — typically in the service of self-preservation — that words and deeds matter and have consequences?Why, yes they have.Thus, in choosing Galliano, Wintour and her celeb pals are effectively saying, “Except when it comes to vile hate speech about Jews.” That’s totally fine with them.

In-Vogue, even.By the way, this is not some vetting “whoopsie!” in which social media users dug up old offensive tweets.Galliano’s guilt is common knowledge.

Wintour didn’t become the world’s only famous editor by being dumb.She knows exactly what she’s doing. Wintour wasn’t caught between a rock and a racist.

Galliano isn’t on the verge of death.He’s 65 — not 90.

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